Tie holder construction



Oct. 25, 1938. w. J. MORSE. 2,134,394

TIE HQLDER CONSTRUCTION Filed March 11, 1935 Patented Oct. 25, 1938UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,134,394 TIE HOLDER CONSTRUCTION chusettsApplication March 11, 1935, Serial No. 10,437

2 Claims.

My present invention relates to personal jewelry, and has particularreference to he holder constructions.

The tie holders used for retaining a tie in proper position are made ina wide variety of designs and of different materials. When a differenttie is worn, it becomes necessary to change the tie holder if the designand color does not conform to the new tie. It is the principal object ofmy invention to provide a tie holder construction which permits quickchange to obtain any one of a number of different designs and colors.

Moreover, tie holders of standard type grip relative movement of the tieto the shirt. It is an additional object of my invention to provide anornamental tie holder which keeps the tie in proper relation to theshirt while permitting longitudinal movement of the tie to conform tomovements of the wearer.

With the above and other objects and. advantageous features in view, myinvention includes a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed inthe detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view of a tie, showing the novel tie holder inposition;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the tie holder; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are front elevations of different designs of ornamentalfront members.

To this end, I provide, a tie holder l0, see Fig. 1, which includes abase member H and a front member l2, the base member comprising ahorizontal bar l3 to which a clamp I4 issecured, the clamp being formedin any standard manner and preferably having a forward fiat portion l5and an integral resilient back portion l6 having spaced sides I! and areversely turned head l8; whereby a shirt hem may be removably insertedand resiliently held between the back and front portions.

The horizontal bar may be extended, or separate metal extensions l9 maybe used, to extend forwardly, the ends 20 being bent to provide hookparts 2| which detachably receive rings or the like 22 secured to therear surface of the front member I2, whereby the front member ishingedly mounted in the hook ends and may be readily removed andreplaced. Thus, substitute both the tie and the shirt hem, thuspreventing front members such as indicated by 4, having an initialdesign, or 24, see Fig. 5, having a modernistic design, may be quicklymounted to serve as the front member of the tie holder; the tie holderbase may remain on the shirt hem 5 while the change is being made. Thefront members, due to their mounting, have a swinging movement withrespect to the base member, thus enhancing the attractive appearance ofthe tie holder when in use.

It is thus evident that the novel invention includes a base which isremovably securable to a shirt hem, and to which an ornamental frontmember may be detachably applied, whereby any 23, see Fig.

available design of front member may be selected. 16

Thus, the front member metal, of flexible chain, or any other suitablematerial. A wide range of choice is therefore possible, at a smallincrease in cos-t.

While 'I have described a specific construction 20 of base and of frontmember, and a specific mounting, it is obvious that any standard form ofbase may be used, and that any detachable connection arrangement ofknown type may be may be of wire, of fiat utilized, without departingfrom the spirit and 25 the scope of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

I claim: I

1. In a tie holder, a base member having means for releasably securingto a shirt hem, 30 said base member having the ends thereof extendingforwardly to form side extensions and then upwardly to'form hooks at theforward end of said side extensions, and a front member adapted toextend over the front of the tie, said 35 front member having meansforming eyes on one side thereof adjacent the ends thereof, said eyesengaging said hooks to detachably secure said front member to said basemember.

2. In a tie holder, a base member having 40 means for releasablysecuring to a shirt hem, said base member having the ends thereof bentforwardly to form side extensions and then upwardly to form hooks at theforward end of said side extensions, and a front member adapted toextend overthe front of the tie, said front member having eyes attachedto the rear thereof and adjacent the ends thereof, said eyes havingopenings which are substantially at right angles to the front member,said eyes being adapted to fit over said hooks to detachably secure saidfront member to said base member.

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